there was a while there where i was posting links to other peoples blogs to help drive traffic to what i thought were good posts. i fell out of that habit, however, as it became forced and formulaic.that doesn’t mean i don’t still come across good post…

Advanced Virus Remover is a fake anti-virus program, which uses malicious tactics to spread and make a profit. This parasite typically enters the system by using trojans like Zlob and Vundo, but has also been known to come bundled with all kinds of freeware. Upon entering, it will try it’s best to scare the user [...]

Antivirus Doktor is a fake virus remover targetted at the German-speaking world. This parasite usually enters the system by using the Zlob trojan or the Vundo trojan. Antivirus Doktor tries to trick users into purchasing it’s “full version”.
Upon entering the system, Antivirus Doktor will flood the user with popups and fake system notifications, supposedly to [...]

Malware: TROJ_DLOAD.TID

The “9 Spyware Found” popup is an example of misleading advertising, displayed by the rogue anti-spywre program WinBlueSoft. It goes like this:
“9 SPYWARE Found. Attention: DANGER! WinBlueSoft has detected 9 Critical SPYWARE Objects while scanning the system. Following object will shortly interrupt system running by: annoying advertisements wasting your traffic; slow page downloading speed. Web [...]

The following is a fake threat report displayed by the rogue anti-spyware program Antivirus System PRO:
“Antivirus System Pro alert. INFILTRATION ALERT: Your computer is being attacked by an internet virus. It could be a password-stealing attack, a trojan-dropper or similar.
DETAILS: Attack from 235.157.169.3, port 40771; Attacked port 22363; Threat Win32/Nuqel.E. Do you want to block [...]

The following popup:
“Spyware Alert! Vulnerabilities found. Your computer is infected by spyware - 34 serious threats have been found while scanning your files and registry. It is strongly recommended that you disinfect your computer and activate Realtime secure protection against future intrusions.”
May seem like a genuine spyware alert by a legitimate anti-virus program, but it [...]